My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam.
I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)

Monday, June 18, 2012

Nicky Larkin in Ottawa tonight on Israel...

Don't miss Irish Filmmaker Nicky Larkin in Ottawa tonight presenting his film, "Forty Shades of Grey", and talking about why he changed his mind on Israel.

My opinions didn’t change overnight. I spent seven
weeks in the area, the time divided equally between Israel and the West
Bank. Then I spent several months trawling through hundreds of hours of
the interviews we’d filmed. I’d spoken to everyone from Ultra-Orthodox
Settlers to Marxist Palestinians. Everybody had an opinion, and
everybody was sure that their opinion was right.

The
problem began when I resolved to come back with a film that showed both
sides of the coin. Actually there are many more than two. Which is why
my film is called Forty Shades of Grey.

But only one side was
wanted back in Dublin. My peers expected me to come back with an attack
on Israel. No grey areas were acceptable.

Beginning in March I
published a series of articles in The Sunday Independent, Ireland’s most
widely circulated Sunday paper, detailing my political shift.

The
fallout from the articles has been quite spectacular. I’ve been called
everything from a Protestant to an agent of Mossad. Letters to the
editor have been flying in every Sunday since, like rockets from the
Strip.

Nicky will be at the Library & Archives tonight at 7 PM, 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa. Admission is $15 ($10 for students) and there will be a reception after the film and speech and Q&A where you can get a chance to speak with Nicky privately.

Nicky will be in Montreal on Tuesday (Chabad on the Town) and in Toronto on Wednesday (B'nai Brith Headquarters on Hove Steet).

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My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam.
I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)